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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1990
Page
1
Washington reports that American troops confront a potential adversary who has used chemical weapons for the first time since World War I, signaling a dangerous escalation across a disputed front. This development raises fears of broader conflict and prompts renewed international cautions.
Canada’s provincial premiers, except two, opened their annual conference with a three hour breakfast and agreed to hold the first formal session in public reversing decades of closed doors amid Meech Lake fallout. Premier Gary Filmon of Manitoba said openness aims to rebuild faith among Canadians.
Lonefighters Society bulldozes a channel in the Oldman River bed in southern Alberta claiming it will end irrigation flows until a federal environmental study and protections for sacred sites are promised. Ten camped families say action aims to avoid dam impacts.
In Chateauguay Quebec a Sunday confrontation between Mohawks and provincial police followed a signing aimed at easing the month long blockade. About 7 000 protesters at peak injured 38 as police used tear gas and barricades held.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein offered to pull troops from Kuwait if Israel withdraws from the occupied territories but urged frugality for a long conflict. Saudi officials turned away an Iraqi tanker loading oil from a pipeline, while U.S. and allies prepared to intercept Iraqi shipments. Jordan’s Aqaba port reportedly used to bypass a UN embargo, and a British national was killed fleeing Kuwait as Iraqi troops massed at the border.
Ottawa documents released under the Access to Information Act show public service travel costs for 1989 90 totaling 527 073 013. The Department of National Defense led with 158 700 000 in travel expenses followed by Canada 42 800 000 and Environment Canada 25 000 000. External Affairs 24 500 000 and Employment and Immigration 23 900 000.
A 25 year study by A W Sipe, a former priest and now psychotherapist, suggests up to half of US Roman Catholic priests do not uphold celibacy. The interview based research covers 1500 people and reports 20 percent heterosexual patterns, 10 13 percent homosexual activity, and six percent sexual with minors.
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